From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 26 21:47:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA12811 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:47:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA12806 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:47:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA18243; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 22:47:32 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id WAA03954; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 22:47:29 -0700 Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 22:47:29 -0700 Message-Id: <199801270547.WAA03954@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Michael Horton Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is a good modem? In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980126202634.00972d40@magibox.net> References: <3.0.3.32.19980126202634.00972d40@magibox.net> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I am building a FreeBSD box at home and would like to have an external > modem to connect with my ISP and work. > > What's a good external modem to use with FreeBSD? We've been using Sportster's with *very* good success for full-time connections to our office in MT. These modems have been in use for ~3 years solid with only 2 glitches (during 2 separate storms in a 2 week period both my boss and I lost our modems at home, although the work modems were protected through modem surge protectors). Other than that, we have been pretty happy with them, and although they don't support most of the fancy features of the USR Couriers when doing Sportster <-> Sportster connections they work fabulous. At one point I had a 105 day connection to the office from my apartment that I *hated* to shutdown when I moved into my house. :) Nate